falconew Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 I took my tri-top slide down to my gun builder today. He told me this slide will not work with the KKM island barrel I have. He said he would have to use a regular barrel and bushing in it. As you can see in the pictures inside the slide it’s cut about .850 from the end of the slide second picture is same manufacturer as my slide and it’s about 1.3 from the end. Third slide is his and no marks in it. Call the manufacturer of the slide and let them know ? Other options? pic 1 his slide pic 2 my slide pic 3 same manufacture as my slide. https://imgur.com/a/DBcRYoa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shred Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 What reason did the gun builder give for not putting an island barrel in it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falconew Posted February 18 Author Share Posted February 18 1 hour ago, shred said: What reason did the gun builder give for not putting an island barrel in it? He said when he seen them like that, that they could jam up. And after measuring both of them he was thinking they were cut differently. Rather glad he did not maching on the slide to fit the island barrel just in case I have to return it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braxton1 Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 I can't look at the pics right now because work restricts photo-sharing sites, but... Tri-topped slides, if cut too deeply, can get really weak if the center is also cut out for an island barrel. The deeply-cut slide is very thin in the middle of the flats. It will hold together if the center is intact, but take that away and we could have issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shred Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 FWIW, the pictures were of the bottom inside of the front of the slide tunnel and reverse plug cut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Mitch Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 Makes no sense at all. Is your gun builder qualified to build guns? Doubtful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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